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Services for: individuals 18 and older with physical or mental disabilities or at risk of abuse or neglect long term care needs

Protective Services for Adults (PSA) are services directed to individuals 18 years and older. These are adults who are in danger of harm to themselves or others as a result of their own actions or the actions of others and have no family or friends willing or able to assist them. PSA clients may be chronically ill, elderly, drug or alcohol dependent, developmentally delayed, mentally ill abused, or exploited. Services to this population may include but are not limited to case management, advocacy, linkage to needed resources, counseling, financial management, housing assistance, referral and follow-up, monitoring behavior and assistance with daily living activities.

A state-mandated service provided by every county with the goal of keeping vulnerable adults safely residing in the community or in the least restrictive alternative. It involves intake, investigation, and assessment of referrals of abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of qualifying vulnerable adults. APS workers develop services plans with eligible clients to remedy physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or to address unmet, essential needs of adults.

Offers protective services in cases where an adult is at risk of harm and has no one who is able to responsibly assist them.

* Investigates abuse, exploitation, neglect (by self or caretakers) for older adults. Counseling, case management and advocacy. Money management/representative payee program. Assistance finding alternative living arrangements.

A state-mandated service provided by every county with the goal of keeping vulnerable adults safely residing in the community or in the least restrictive alternative. It involves intake, investigation, and assessment of referrals of abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of qualifying vulnerable adults. APS workers develop services plans with eligible clients to remedy physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or to address unmet, essential needs of adults.

Provides services to assist adults age 18 or older who, because of physical or mental impairments, can no longer provide for their basic needs for food, clothing, shelter or medical care, or protect themselves from neglect, abuse or hazardous situations, and have no one willing and/or able to help in a responsible manner.

Provides protective services to adults (18+ yrs) in danger, including investigation and counseling.

A state-mandated service provided by every county with the goal of keeping vulnerable adults safely residing in the community or in the least restrictive alternative. It involves intake, investigation, and assessment of referrals of abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of qualifying vulnerable adults. APS workers develop services plans with eligible clients to remedy physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or to address unmet, essential needs of adults.

A state-mandated service provided by every county with the goal of keeping vulnerable adults safely residing in the community or in the least restrictive alternative. It involves intake, investigation, and assessment of referrals of abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of qualifying vulnerable adults. APS workers develop services plans with eligible clients to remedy physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or to address unmet, essential needs of adults.needed.

Provides services to assist adults age 18 or older who, because of physical or mental impairments, can no longer provide for their basic needs for food, clothing, shelter or medical care, or protect themselves from neglect, abuse or hazardous situations, and have no one willing and/or able to help in a responsible manner.

Assesses and arranges or provides appropriate preventive services as defined by OCFS to families with issues that put the child/children at risk of placement in foster care

Investigates and follows up with reports of neglect, abandonment or abuse of adults that are elderly or have mental, developmental or physical disabilities.

Serves as court appointed Article 81 Guardians of incapacitated people.

Offers many agencies and organizations available to assist victims of elder abuse and neglect. To find assistance, please call the Suffolk County Office for the Aging. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, please call 911.

Provides protective service to impaired adults living in the community with unmet needs and who have no one to assist them. Also receives and responds to all reports of children who are abused, abandoned, or neglected, and carries out the statutory mandates of protecting children and providing rehabilitative services to families.

Provides services to county residents in various aspects of the family needs, child preventive and protective services and adult protective and personal care aide services.

Professionals from various disciplines whose primary focus is to investigate, intervene and prevent elder abuse and financial exploitation (age 60 and over). JFS coordinates the teams for Ulster.

Provides assistance to adults who are unable to meet their essential needs of food, clothing, shelter, or medical care, and have no one willing or unable to take responsibility for their care.

Protective Services for adults over the age of 18 whose health and safety is at imminent risk and who are unable to meet their own basic needs and have no one willing or able to assist them.

Provides assistance to adults who are mentally or physically impaired, without regard to income, and who can no longer provide for their own basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, medical care, or protect themselves from neglect, abuse, or hazardous situations, and who have no one to help them. Services include Investigation, Assessment, Counseling, Case Management, Advocacy, Money Management, Housing Referrals, Crisis Intervention, Orders of Protection, and Guardianship.

Provides assistance to adults who are mentally or physically impaired, without regard to income, and who can no longer provide for their own basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, medical care, or protect themselves from neglect, abuse, or hazardous situations, and who have no one to help them. Services include Investigation, Assessment, Counseling, Case Management, Advocacy, Money Management, Housing Referrals, Crisis Intervention, Orders of Protection, and Guardianship.

Oversees Protective Services for Adults (PSA) and other adult services provided through the local departments of social services and local operations relative to Family-Type Homes for Adults (FTHA). Provides technical assistance to adult services staff of local districts; conducts informal case reviews; participates in audits; reviews consolidated services plans; conducts complaint investigations; and develops public education, training, and interagency initiatives.

Provides services to assist adults age 18 or older who, because of physical or mental impairments, can no longer provide for their basic needs for food, clothing, shelter or medical care, or protect themselves from neglect, abuse or hazardous situations, and have no one willing and/or able to help in a responsible manner.